Hog-waterer.



terlng troughs, andto provide a simple, in-

- the trough.

4 view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view.

. is an enlarged sectional View illustrating the vautomatic watering troughst NITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIeE.

Prin-.IP BERNARD, or JEFFERSON, soUTH DAKOTA.

A, Hoe-WATERE'R.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP BERNARD, a citizen ofl the United States, residing at Jefferson, in the county of Union and State of South Dakota, have invented a new and useful Hog-Waterer, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in The object of the present invention is to improve the construetionof automatic waexpensive and efficient one of great strength and durability designed particularly for use as a hog waterer, and adapted to maintain' the water in the trough at a predetermined level, land capable of automatically feeding water to the trough as rapidly as it is con.- sumed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character, having adjustable means for controlling the flow of water, and yalso the depth of the same within With these and otherobjects in View, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter hilly described, illustrated 1n the accompanying drawing, and ointed out in the claim hereto a pended; it eing understood that various c anges in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claim, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the linvention.

In the drawing :-F igure 1is a perspective view of a hog waterer constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 5

construction of the means for controlling thel flow of water from the tank to the trough.

Like numerals ofreference designate corresponding parts in all the, iiglu'es of the drawing.

1 designates a superimposed vcylindrical tank, mounted upon a substantially oblong trough 2, and secured to the same by means of bolts 3, or other suitable fastening devices, which ieree the bottom of the tank and extend tirougli lugs 4, that project laterally from opposite sides of the trough. The tank .md trough are constructed of galvanizedl sheet metal, or other material, and the latere. ally extending lugs 4, which are rigid With l .Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed. May 26, 1906. S'exia'l No. 318,920;

byfpermits -aiiord the necessary adjustment.

Patented Sept. 15, 1908;

the sides of the trough, are preferably formed by. L-sha ed pieces, riveted or otherwise secured to t le trough at the upper edge thereof, as clearly illustrated in .F ig. 4 of the drawing. The bottom of the, tank is horizontal, and gaskets 5 of rubber, or other suitable material, are provided for preventing the bottom from leaking at the bolt openings. The lugs 4 may be of any desired num er, and any other suitable means may be provided for securing the tank to the laterally extending lugs of the trough. The bolts permit the trough and the tank to be readily separated, when desired.

The trough is prhvided with a fiat bottom,

trough through an outlet, consisting of an adjustable nipple 6, piercing the bottom of the tank at the center thereof, and engaging the threaded opening of a nut 7, which is self dered or otherwise secured to the upper face of the bottom of the tank. The nipple, which extends above and belenT the bottom of the tank, supports a strainer 8,'and its lower edge 9 is interiorly beveled, and is engaged by a gasket 10 of a float 11, which is arranged :within the trough, and which is adapted to automatically shut off the flow of watei The float, which is hollow, is preferably ionstrueted .of Sheet metal, and the gas ket\l 0, which may` .be made of rubber or any' other suitable material, presents a yieldable surface to the lowerj beveled end of the nipple, which is partially" embedded in such surface, 4when the 'va|\'e, formed by the iioat and the gasket, isi closedI When the water within the t-roi his consumed by thefhog, the float driv dopensfthe valve and therefainto 'flow from the tank As's'odnsthe water within ingo the tl'oug the trough.rises,suficiently to carry the yieldable gasket ofthe loat into engagement with the [curr-cnil of the nipple, the fiow of water will bie-"shut oil'. water within the trough is contro led by the nipple, which maybe adjusted to' cause it to depend from the betteln ofthe tank a greater` or le'ss distance, as desired, and the ni ple vmay be constructed of any desired lengt i to The float is provided with a vertical stein or 'pin 12, which extends through the nipple or tube, and which maintains the float in proper oper- The de th of the :ttive relation with the depending nipple. handles 16 `for enabling it to be readily car- The lower end 13 of the pin or stein is enlarged to form n head, which is soldered or otherwise Secured to the top of the float. The head is tapered upwardly from Ithe upper l'aee 0i" the gasket l0, and is adapted to center the 'Font with relation to the depending nipple. T he strainer S, whieh is earried by the nipple or tube, is preferably cylindrical, but it may be ol any other desired oonliguratiOn, and it 'adapted to prevent n'ioss, or other accumuletionI l'roxn passing through the nipple and (collecting between the lower end of the binne and the float', end thereby causingia leakage of water from the tank to the trough. The bottoni I4 ol' the strainer is-prelerably llornled integre! with the upper end ofthe nippleI and it eonsists olA e horizontal disk or flange provided with :n1 upwardly projecting annular rim l5, whit-,h embraces the lower edges ol' the wulls olI the strainer. The wells :ind top ol: the strainer :iro prolerably eonstrueted ol wire gauze, :is shown,

but they may be unido ol'- any other suitable I materiel, is will be readily apparent'.

"lhe hog wiiterer 1s portableI :ind the tank is provided :tt opposite sides with suitable riedlroin one place to another.

Having thus fully deseribed niy invention, what l elznin as new and desire to seeure by Letters Patent, ist- 'lhe (combination of n trough, a tank supported by the trough, a nut lixed to the bottoin ol the tank, :t threaded tube extending through and engaging the threads of the nut, `whereby the tube is adjustably and rigidly eonneeted 'with the bottom ol: the tank and is held :igainstupwzird and downward nieve- Vnient, e Hoet, en elestie gasket seated on the lont :ui'd arranged to engage the lower end ol the tube to eut oll' the llow oll water from the tankto the trough, and :i stenmnountml on the llozit and piercing the elastic gasket to retain. the letter in'plaee und extending into the tube l'or guiding the llozit.

ln testimony, that I elnini the foregoing; :1s my own7 l have hereto :illixed 'my signature in the presenee oll two witnesses.A i

ruime martinm).

Wit nesses:

W, It Michi/ix, \l1`. lli-1mm." 

